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Kenyan musicians have up to the end of this month, August 30th to make their submissions for the 67th Grammy Awards stylized as ‘The Grammys’ set for next year.
Last year, Kenyan rapper Octopizzo and Bongo flava singer Diamond Platnumz were the notable East African artists who made submissions in the Best African Music Performance category. The duo made it through the first round of voting by the Recording Academy. However, they didn't go past the second round to make it to the nomination list.
The Grammys are the second most popular award after only the Oscars, which celebrates actors. And unlike the Oscars, they’re only growing in popularity.
For the 66th awarding ceremony held in February this year, the annual event presented by the Recording Academy featured 94 categories with three new ones introduced.
One of the new categories is Best African Music Performance where all African musicians can submit to compete in this category.
To compete, Kenya and African musicians are required to submit a track and singles that utilize unique local expressions from Across the African content. Highlighting the continent's melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic musical traditions.
The Grammy says the Category is not limited to just Afro-beat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Alte, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, Genge, Kizomba, Chimurenga, Fuji, Mapouka, Ghanaian Dril, Ethio Jazz, South African Hip Hop or Kwasa.
Octopizzo has been perennial with his submissions since 2018 when he first submitted his tracks. He missed out on nominations for the 60th Grammy but landed an official invitation to grace the awarding ceremony in the US.
South African singer and songwriter Tyla won the inaugural Best African Music Category thanks to the success of her hit single ‘Water’ becoming the first African song to enter the Billboard charts. She beat Afrobeat stars Burna Boy, Asake, and Olamide who all hand landed nominations for the category.
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